Christmas 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄 🎄

Once upon a time I stood

With brothers and sisters in a wood.

The old trees told me I had grown

From a tiny seed inside a cone.

The whispering wind was a friend of mine.

She said that I would grow and shine.

I grew up tall. I grew up high.

I grew until I saw the sky.

Then came the day they cut me down

And carried me off to a distant town.

I travelled far across the sea,

And now I am a Christmas tree.

Here I stand, in a city square.

I stand and shine in the winter air.

The lions keep me company

And Nelson keeps an eye on me,

And people pass and stop awhile.

I love to see them gaze and smile.

(Excerpt from the poem “Christmas Pine”

Our Christmas trees are available from Saturday, 22nd November.